>>> The other option is to use IRAF via PyRAF.
>> You can script and use all routine already available for IRAF
>inside Python and mix it with numpy, scipy, Scientific Python, pyfits,
>etc.
Speaking as someone who made the IDL->Python switch and had to
learn IRAF along the way for other reasons, I would
*not* recommend that anyone who didn't already know IRAF bother
to learn it at this point. Going straight to Python is a
MUCH easier learning curve.
cheers,
Vicki Laidler
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